Thanks to blomster my Secret Santa for this one!
Pours very dark brown with a beautiful red garnet color where the light can get through. Tall tan head. Red nosed reindeer on the bottle for the Christmas season.
Sweet nutty aroma, some cocoa powder.
The flavor is sweet on the front with a roast malt bitterness that comes in next. Some dry chalkiness in the finish.

Bottle at Ølfestival 2011. A clear, dark chestnut colored beer with a minimal sized off-white head. Roasted nose with dried fruits, raisins mostly, and coffee notes. Dried fruits, caramel, coffee-like roastyness and a decent fruity hoppyness. Medium to full body, quite dry. The finish is long and dry, with caramel and dried fruits. Not really sure about this one, it’s a quite nice beer, but considering it’s a winter beer, or even worse, if it’s supposed to be a Christmas beer, the name suggests the latter, it’s not complex and tasteful enough. Ok, so it’s tasteful and it washes down easily, but it’s not a Christmasy beer in my book. Still, I like it. 110527

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